Table 2: 1997 Economic Census: Ranking by Retail Sales
Vermont

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Retail_Trade_____ Number of establish- ments Retail sales Number of employees Payroll ($1,000) Popu- lation Retail sales per capita ($)
($1,000) rank
 
United States (preliminary) 1,120,249 2,456,574,247   14,115,559 238,792,423 267,636,061 9,179
 
Vermont 4,093 5,898,646   36,306 603,345 588,632 10,021
 
Chittenden County 958 1,863,708 1 11,254 189,598 141,558 13,166
Rutland County 502 646,320 2 4,344 66,593 62,541 10,334
Bennington County 359 553,437 3 3,160 52,981 36,080 15,339
Washington County 421 542,351 4 3,614 58,893 56,264 9,639
Windham County 342 444,776 5 2,950 50,037 42,900 10,368
Windsor County 372 415,542 6 2,559 44,732 55,171 7,532
Franklin County 237 324,383 7 1,734 28,559 43,571 7,445
Addison County 186 316,059 8 1,523 30,332 34,837 9,073
Caledonia County 199 232,779 9 1,644 24,345 28,599 8,139
Orleans County 174 220,426 10 1,161 19,896 25,274 8,721
Lamoille County 183 169,629 11 1,380 19,790 21,404 7,925
Orange County 109 145,782 12 798 15,550 27,770 5,250
Grand Isle County 33 D   (100-249) D 6,150 N/A
Essex County 18 D   (20-99) D 6,513 N/A

D = Withheld to avoid disclosure of confidential information.
These data include establishments with paid employees, except auxiliaries.
Source: 1997 Economic Census, and 1997 population estimates, data available as of 11/30/99 For data issued since that date, or other areas, see www.census.gov/econ97.